Human remains have been found in the search for Andrew Ross White in the Heaphy area of the South Island.

Search teams have today resumed their hunt for Karamea tramper Andrew Ross White, who is feared missing on the Heaphy Track.

Searchers looking for Karamea tramper Andrew Ross White, last seen entering the famous Heaphy Track, are following up reports of a sighting by a member of the public.

A 15-year-old Te Aroha girl who had been missing since Sunday has been found safe and well.

A tramper last seen entering the Heaphy Track at the top of the South Island two weeks ago has been reported missing.

Searchers scouring the Tasman Sea near Norfolk Island for the missing American yacht Nina have come up empty-handed.

Since the birth of his first child this year Jamie Vinton-Boot had toned down his risky mountain climbing. He was killed yesterday by an avalanche.

Despite a number of avalanches on The Remarkables mountain range in recent years it is not considered a danger zone, says a mountain safety expert.

The New Zealand Alpine Club says a climber swept to his death in an avalanche near Queenstown was "one of New Zealand's most gifted alpinists".

An Austrian couple have been rescued from their yacht near American Samoa after getting into trouble for the second time in a week.

The body of a local politician has been found in Lake Wanaka, after his family raised the alarm when he failed to return from a fly-fishing trip at the Makarora River mouth.

A baby survived a 30m fall from a cable car - which killed her parents - by landing in a tree.

The body of a man found in the Hokianga Harbour will be released to his family for burial as soon as his identity is confirmed.

Police have found a body near the property of Dannevirke man William Kerry Power, who has been missing since Tuesday.

An elderly Katikati woman lost in the bush braved the cold weather and dark conditions for more than three hours while she waited for a search and rescue team to come to her aid.

A group of trampers who went missing in the Ruahine Range yesterday have been found safe and well.

The father of an 18-year-old on board the missing American schooner Nina believes it may be just days from making port in Australia.

One of the seven passengers on a vintage yacht missing in heavy seas off New Zealand had a deep-rooted fear of drowning at sea, which he laid bare in an eerie premonition.

An Air Force Orion is searching near Norfolk Island today for missing vintage American schooner Nina.

The sister of the captain of the missing yacht Nina says the worst possible outcome would be for the crew to be lost at sea forever and to never know what happened.

Two men standing on an upturned boat and one man found clinging to the hull were rescued after they set off their distress beacon off the Waikato coast over the weekend.

An adventure company responsible for a rock-climbing expedition during which three people were swept to their deaths has pleaded guilty to failing to ensure their safety.